Celebrated in early January, this service offers a ritual of reflection and renewal. Participants are invited to write down thoughts, habits, or burdens they wish to release. These slips of paper are then burned in a communal fire, clearing the way for hope, intention, and transformation in the year ahead.
The Burning Bowl Fire Communion is a unique Unitarian Universalist fire cleansing ritual to bid farewell to the old year, and to release it.
Image credit: “Burning Bowl” by Cindy Wright
For those who missed the service, please find the script linked below.
A ritual to bid farewell to the old year, and welcome the new, reflecting on and releasing the areas of our lives that no longer serve our highest good. We look forward, creating goals that will advance our journey in the coming year. A portion of the service will be conducted outside. We will continue collecting food donations for Food For Thought throughout the month. Youth programming and childcare are available, and conversation and refreshments follow the service. Everyone is welcome!
A chance to let go of that which does not serve us, and open our hearts to the possibilities of the new year!
